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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, will offer opening remarks at the National League of Cities’ Congressional City Conference Capitol Hill Briefing today, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in the Congressional Visitor Center Auditorium.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with Ward 7 residents tonight, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at DC Scholars Public Charter School (5601 E Capitol St. SE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the NoMa Business Improvement District (BID) tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at 1200 First St. NE, Suite 310.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will travel to Flint, Michigan as part of a congressional delegation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the national capital region’s members, including not only House Members, but especially its four Senators, must devise a joint strategy to secure funding to fully replace the Arlington Memorial Bridge after a recent Federal Highway Administration inspection found that the bridge will need a major overhaul or be forced to close in 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her appreciation to the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) as it began construction of a bike lane through Lafayette Park that Norton pressed the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and National Park Service (NPS) to allow to proceed.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the momentum generated by strong bipartisan passage of her amendment prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices for smoking on airplanes has pushed the Department of Transportation (DOT) to follow suit and issue a final rule that explicitly bans the use of electronic cigarettes on commercial flights.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said two of her top priorities were included in the Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016, which Norton cosponsored and was passed today by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.